Voorbeelden van nonchalant

• The government could not rush through unpopular policies in its familiar nonchalant fashion, as it had ridden roughshod over civil society in the 1980s.

• The piece concludes with an almost nonchalant gesture, the music seemingly tossed away by the musicians.

• Fencers often become nonchalant about the risks they take.

• The movement culminated in a big climax featuring a double timpani solo, which was curtailed in favour of an unexpectedly nonchalant ending.

• Hoops, as a colloquial name for basketball, adds to the nonchalant stance in evaluating this man.

• He was bundled down below within 20 seconds of the sheriff making his nonchalant decision.

• I do not think we shall solve this question by the nonchalant surrender of our responsibility to the foreigners.

• I was impressed with the nonchalant way in which she silenced it and was not thrown off her speech.

• We all know about his calm and nonchalant manner.

• He was not sure whether it would go up or down or stay the same, and he seemed to adopt a nonchalant attitude to questions.

• We are not nonchalant about the tourist industry.

• Despite his formidable prowess in swordplay and "anqi", he is reckless, nonchalant, easily agitated, and bereft of social etiquette.

• Yet he has his own way of treating his subject-matter, with ordinary everyday scenes, peopled with nonchalant, sometimes withdrawn, but always vibrant characters.

• Some of the prisoners hung their heads as if their hearts were full of doggedness, while others were nonchalant.

• Nonchalant, he often bears a mysterious smile that is hard to interpret, even for his master.